GA3 priming, biopriming and hydropriming effect on   quality nursery production of China aster

Shabnam Pangtu; Puja Sharma; S R Dhiman; Prashant Sharma; Divesh Thakur

doi:10.48165/

Authors

Shabnam Pangtu Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan 173230 Himachal Pradesh, India
Puja Sharma Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan 173230 Himachal Pradesh, India
S R Dhiman Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan 173230 Himachal Pradesh, India
Prashant Sharma Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan 173230 Himachal Pradesh, India
Divesh Thakur Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan 173230 Himachal Pradesh, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

Kamini, Nursery, Poornima, Priming, Quality

Abstract

The study was carried out at Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, on China aster [Callistephus chinensis (L.) Nees] cv ‘Poornima’ and ‘Kamini’ in nursery under open field conditions in randomized block design (factorial) comprising eight seed priming treatments viz control, hydropriming with water, priming with GA3 (50, 100 and 150 ppm) and biopriming with Trichoderma viride @ 1× 104 cfu/ml, 1× 105 cfu/ml and 1× 106 cfu/ml for 24 hr. There was maximum speed of germination (18.97, 21.58), germination percentage (83.17, 86.33 %), root length (2.87, 2.93 cm), shoot length (6.39, 6.59 cm), seedling length (9.26, 9.52 cm), seedling dry weight (227.67, 248.30 mg), seed vigour index-I (769.89, 822.19), seed vigour index II (18,934.33, 21,436.62); minimum time taken to seed germination (12.72, 11.33 days) and days required to reach 4-6 leaf stage (23.70, 22.33 days) with priming treatment GA3 (100 ppm) in Poornima and Kamini, respectively. Hence, it is concluded that seeds of Kamini treated with GA3 (100 ppm) for 24 hr obtained best results for most of the desirable character for quality nursery production of China aster.

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